The role of top management networks for market knowledge creation and sharing in China

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1020-1026

  Luo, Xueming ^a   Hassan, Morsheda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Wiley College   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Embeddedness; Learning; Market knowledge; Top management networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649538446     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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